Determining the value of asset location information systems in a manufacturing environment

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 324-334

  Kelepouris, Thomas ^a   McFarlane, Duncan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Real time location systems; RFID; Tracking; Value of information

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; LOCATION INFORMATION; MANUFACTURING ENVIRONMENTS; MANUFACTURING OPERATIONS; REAL-TIME LOCATION; SYSTEM COSTS; TIME SPENT; VALUE OF INFORMATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 77953684208     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.04.009     Document Type: Article

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